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Here is an offbeat field guide for sites in North America that reflect the rejection of the facts of prehistory and history. They are the physical equivalents of "fake news" about America's ancient past. Feder provides an entertaining summary forty sites along with the practical information you'll need to visit these fun and fascinating sites.
List of contents
Preface - What I Did on My Summer Vacations (and intersessions, Spring breaks, and too many long weekends to count)
Chapter 1- Turn and Face the Strange
Chapter 2- Here's What We Know
The Sites
Ancient Visitors: Written Messages
1. Crack Cave, Comanche National Grassland, Colorado
2. Davenport Tablets, Davenport, Iowa
3. Dighton Rock, Berkley, Massachusetts
4. Westford Knight, Westford, Massachusetts
5. Michigan Relics, Michigan
6. Kensington Rune Stone, Alexandria, Minnesota
7. Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, Los Lunas, New Mexico
8. Newark Holy Stones, Newark, Ohio
9. Heavener Rune Stone, Heavener, Oklahoma
10. Bat Creek Stone, Loudon County, Tennessee
11. Grave Creek Stone, Moundsville, West Virginia
Ancient Visitors: Stone Monuments
12. Acton Stone Chamber, Acton, Massachusetts
13. Upton Stone Chamber, Upton, Massachusetts
14. Peach Pond Chamber
15. Druid Hill, Lowell, Massachusetts
16. Balanced Rock, North Salem, New York
17. Newport Tower, Newport Rhode Island
Ancient Visitors: Villages
18. Gungywamp, Groton, Connecticut
19. America's Stonehenge/Mystery Hill, North Salem, Massachusetts
20. L'anse aux Meadow, Newfoundland, Canada
Ancient Visitors: Aliens
21. Roswell Flying Saucer Crash Site, Roswell, New Mexico
22. Serpent Mound, Peebles, Ohio
23. Head of Sinbad, San Rafael Swell, Utah
24. Sego Canyon, Thompson Springs, Utah
Lost Civilization
25. Tucson Artifacts, Tucson, Arizona
26. Grand Canyon Secret Cave, Grand Canyon, Arizona
27. Moberly Subterranean City, Moberly, Missouri
28. Burrows Cave, Illinois
Biblical Proof?
29. The Cardiff Giant, Cooperstown, New York
30. Paluxy River Footprints, Glen Rose, Texas
31. Black Dragon Pictograph, San Rafael Swell, Utah
32. Kachina Bridge Pictograph, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
New Age Antiquity
33. Palatki Cliff Dwelling, Sedona Arizona
34. Honanki Cliff Dwelling, Sedona, Arizona
Unexpected Critter Depiction
35. Painted Rock Hairy Man Depictions, Tule Indian Reservation, Porterville, California
Follies
36. Lost Egyptian City, Guadaupe, California
37. Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska
38. The Dig, Governor's Island, New York, New York
39. Columcille Megalithic Park, Bangor, Pennsylvania
40. Maryhill Stonehenge, Maryhill, Washington State
About the author
Kenneth L. Feder, professor of anthropology at Central Connecticut State University, specializes in the archaeology of North America. He is author of several books, including Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself . Feder has appeared on numerous television documentaries on the National Geographic Channel, the BBC's Horizon, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and the SyFy Channel and has been featured in episodes of the Canadian-based William Shatner's Weird or What?
Summary
Here is an offbeat field guide for sites in North America that reflect the rejection of the facts of prehistory and history. They are the physical equivalents of "fake news" about America's ancient past. Feder provides an entertaining summary forty sites along with the practical information you’ll need to visit these fun and fascinating sites.
